Grady is going to breed! We're still crossing our fingers, but we're told that Grady is getting some action tomorrow afternoon. This is big news, and we've been waiting a long time on this. Do good big guy!
He's a handsome devil!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Hiking
Yesterday I set out for a LONG hike in Boulder. I parked my car at Chataqua, and took the Mesa Trail, Doudy Draw Trail, and Community Ditch Trail all the way to my house. If my calculations are correct, I think this was approximately a 12 mile hike. It was pretty flat most of the way, with some little up and downs. However, it was very hot and my legs were very tired and sore near the end. I also ran out of water with about an hour and a half left. Luckily my amazing wife was getting off work and was able to drive to where I was to drop off some water. The hike took me just over 5 hours!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Everyone should be a teacher!
I don't know why everyone isn't a teacher. I can't think of a better work schedule in the world! I work 186 or so days a year, and have 10 weeks off during the summer. I guess if you don't like kids you shouldn't teach, but everyone else should get on board. Here's just some of the great stuff I've been doing with my time off:
1) tubing the boulder creek with Drew Frank (from top of kayak course to 17th St.)
2) riding bikes with Katie to Louisville to get gelato
3) going to Oak Creek to visit with the Risers
4) going for hikes with my bible
Secret plans for the 4th right now, but will be revealed soon.
Katie works hard all day to bring home the bacon! She is still really enjoying running group (obviously).
1) tubing the boulder creek with Drew Frank (from top of kayak course to 17th St.)
2) riding bikes with Katie to Louisville to get gelato
3) going to Oak Creek to visit with the Risers
4) going for hikes with my bible
Secret plans for the 4th right now, but will be revealed soon.
Katie works hard all day to bring home the bacon! She is still really enjoying running group (obviously).
Tubing the Creek! The water was high, but it was a blast.
Cody in the grocery store.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Summer in Colorado
Now that we're back and have overcome our jet-lag, we're excited for summertime in Boulder. Katie has joined Running Group again and is training for the Rock n' Roll Denver Marathon on October 17th. This will be her 3rd Marathon, 3 days, after her 30th birthday. Mike decided not to join the running group, but may run the 1/2 Marathon. Mike has already started on some projects around the house. He's completed the garage by building a ski rack, bike rack, ripping out and rebuilding shelves, and building a workbench. Other projects include cleaning and staining the deck and painting bathrooms. Katie is enjoying her stay at home husband!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
London to HOME (Day 19)
Well...we're home! London to Philadelphia (8.5 hrs). Philadelphia to Denver (4.5 hrs). DIA to Boulder on the RTD ( 1hr). Walking from the bus stop to our house (20 min.) With customs, layovers, baggage claim, etc... we travelled for 23 hours today. We made it home at 10:20, and were able to sleep until about 5:00 a.m. Not bad considering. Good to be home.
By the way, keep tuning in to the blog. We'll be updating it from time to time even though our trip is over.
By the way, keep tuning in to the blog. We'll be updating it from time to time even though our trip is over.
Paris to London (Day 18)
We woke up this morning, packed up our packs and headed for the train station for the last time. That’s right…today we took our last train ride in Europe. The train ride was a quick 2 hours and 15 minutes. Twenty-five of those minutes are through a tunnel that goes 150 ft below the floor of the English Channel. Crazy! We got to our hostel, dropped off our bags, and went to grab some lunch. After lunch we walked around Leicester Square and Covent Gardens. We went back to the hostel and crashed for a good 2.5 hours. Woke up, went to dinner, then went to an expensive movie! Tomorrow we head home. This has been an amazing trip, and we’ll be sad that it’s over but coming home is always great too! See you soon Colorado.
Canyoning in Interlaken (PHOTOS)
Here are some pictures from our Canyoning adventure in Interlaken, Switzerland. The pictures are of Mike and the group because we only bought his personal CD full of pictures, but Katie did all the same CRAZY stuff! This was definitely a highlight for us. It was intense, and so fun!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Wadenswil to Paris (Day 17)
We were originally supposed to leave really early (7:00 am) this morning for Paris, but decided it would be better to extend our stay with the Beutel’s. Good choice! We woke up and had a great breakfast with Klaus and Uta. Everything from fruit, cereal, spek (prosciutto), and even toast! The coffee was great too. We packed up our bags, and headed out for the afternoon. We went to a beautiful park, Klaus bought us some groceries for our travels, and had lunch together. Then we headed to Zurich where we’d be catching our train. We walked around the parts of Zurich we hadn’t seen yet. We walked up to an old Fort and had a great view of the city. Then it was time for us to start our journey back to Paris. We had to change train 3 times along the way on our 6.5 hr journey. The trip was smooth, and we even made it back to Paris in time to catch the Eiffel Tower light up! Thanks Klaus and Uta for a wonderful time. We wished we could have stayed longer. Tomorrow we take the Chunnel to London. We plan on relaxing our last day in Europe.
Interlaken, Bern, Zurich, and Wadenswil (Day 16)
This morning we checked out of Happy Inn Hostel in Interlaken, and took the train to visit the Beutel’s in Wadenswil, a small town overlooking Lake Zurich just 20 minutes from Zurich by train. On our way we stopped for a couple of hours in Bern, the country’s capitol city. We enjoyed our walk up and down the main street in Bern, stopping to take in the beautiful buildings and architecture along the way. We weren’t sure where to eat, and in an effort to save money just decided on Burger King. Then we were off to Wadenswil. Klaus and Uta were there to greet us, and take us to their home. We chatted a little while, and upon their suggestion took a ship from there to Zurich to meet Valeska. It had been 13 years since Katie had seen her, but she spotted her as soon as we got off the ship. Valeska was nice enough to show us around the old part of town, and as we were walking Switzerland scored a goal against the Spanish in the World Cup, something that wasn’t supposed to happen. Valeska said it was a miracle, and all of Zurich went crazy! It was a lot of fun to see. We then headed back to Wadensil on the train to have dinner at the Beutel’s. We had a great meal, and after watched some old videos of the Fischer/Beutel kids playing in Midland, MI. Definitely a blast from the past! After a great night of catching up and reminiscing, it was time to say goodbye to Valeska and Jurg, and off to bed we went.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Interlaken (Day 15)
Today we started the day out right…LAUNDRY at an actual laundromat! We then set out on our hiking adventure. We weren’t really sure what to expect, as the information desk told us that trail 50 was a “lovely hike”. We hopped on a train headed into the mountains. About 30 minutes later we arrived to a small town. It took us a good 45 minutes to find the trail head (45 minutes of searching uphill). Eventually, Mike, the fearless leader found trail 50. The hike was beautiful with flowing waterfalls and green all around us. However, I would not call it “lovely”…it was pretty much straight uphill for 2 hours…OUCH! Luckily there were AMAZING views and a Snickers bar awaiting us at the top. We thought about taking the train down but ended up hiking back down. We are so hardcore :) So, here we are blogging in our pajamas, drinking beer and eating brie. Life is good! Tomorrow we head to Zurich to see our friends. It has been 13 years, we are excited!!!
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